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I'll be on the lookout for new features as well. I'm not sure I have detected one new feature here, so I'm a bit confused as to what others are talking about.

I'll be on the lookout for new features as well. I'm not sure I have detected one new feature here, so I'm a bit confused as to what others are talking about. >Why is this being downvoted? A very good question, particularly since this subthread is detached and off-topic. I actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). Here is pg on open sourcing and features: >pg 1272 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 >I don't have time to manage such a project. I don't think it's necessary anyway. The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content.

krapp 10y ago
I know vote reversal is supposed to be coming soon, because it was accidentally mentioned in a thread. >actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). I don't complain about downvotes, but lately I have noticed some of my comments seem to get -2 downvotes almost as a group throughout a thread. It's odd. People have claimed to run networks of accounts specifically for downvoting, so maybe someone is trying to clean house, I don't know. Maybe off topic threads automatically get downvoted. >>The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content. It's his site and he can have whatever priorities he likes, but I think it's obvious he's wrong about users not caring about both.
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  I get near immediate -1s on deeply nested replies sometimes (see recent history). Even on comments to detached threads. I'm near positive that multiple people have real-time feeds they monitor and downvote from. Unfortunately, this is pretty much impossible to know for sure without getting to know which accounts vote on a comment, but how else do you explain repeated occurrences of comments in detached threads getting multiple downvoted post immediately? The worst part is, the downvoted post almost never comes along with an actual response; it's just a drive-by karma docking. To what end though, I wonder? Vote reversal is a badly needed feature. I often hit the wrong one on touchscreens because the characters are so small and close together. As for off-topic threads, I'm still looking for where I can find them. I asked a moderator and was threatened with banishment because I am supposedly expected to know the answer to that question already. Certainly pg prioritizes as he pleases, but it seems like the content is very thin these days. Good content can be replicated in places with good features and good features allow good content to be produced.

krapp 10y ago

I know vote reversal is supposed to be coming soon, because it was accidentally mentioned in a thread. >actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). I don't complain about downvotes, but lately I have noticed some of my comments seem to get -2 downvotes almost as a group throughout a thread. It's odd. People have claimed to run networks of accounts specifically for downvoting, so maybe someone is trying to clean house, I don't know. Maybe off topic threads automatically get downvoted. >>The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content. It's his site and he can have whatever priorities he likes, but I think it's obvious he's wrong about users not caring about both.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
I get near immediate -1s on deeply nested replies sometimes (see recent history). Even on comments to detached threads. I'm near positive that multiple people have real-time feeds they monitor and downvote from. Unfortunately, this is pretty much impossible to know for sure without getting to know which accounts vote on a comment, but how else do you explain repeated occurrences of comments in detached threads getting multiple downvoted post immediately? The worst part is, the downvoted post almost never comes along with an actual response; it's just a drive-by karma docking. To what end though, I wonder? Vote reversal is a badly needed feature. I often hit the wrong one on touchscreens because the characters are so small and close together. As for off-topic threads, I'm still looking for where I can find them. I asked a moderator and was threatened with banishment because I am supposedly expected to know the answer to that question already. Certainly pg prioritizes as he pleases, but it seems like the content is very thin these days. Good content can be replicated in places with good features and good features allow good content to be produced.